A smooth road follows a mountain stream through this valley, where narrow meadows are cradled between steep rocky walls. Its series of tightly huddled stone and slate-roofed hamlets are irresistible. The impossibly pretty grey-stone hamlet of Foroglio is dominated by the wispy spray of its 100m waterfall (a 10-minute walk away).
At the end of the valley, just after San Carlo, a cable car rides up to Robiei dam and its startlingly turquoise reservoir, tailor-made for a day’s mountain hiking.
